Tag: habit

Some degree of stress in our lives is normal and helps to motivate us to achieve our goals. We may develop bad habits to deal with prolonged or excessive stress, such as consuming too much caffeine, smoking, becoming emotional overeaters, drinking too much alcohol, or becoming shopaholics. It takes more than willpower to change negative habits. Take the following steps to change them effectively so that you will not get discouraged.

Carpooling, champion games, making dinner, grocery shopping, tending to Sunday rituals… the day in and day out tasks of keeping a home and a family together. It can be tough when family life begins to unravel whether due to separation and divorce, kids leaving the nest or a loved one passing.

Each milestone can either become another hint of loneliness or a chance to begin to individualize again after years of familial responsibilities. Here are four ways to embrace your alone time so that you don’t fear lonliness… it won’t last.

Do you find yourself frustratedly stuck in the same patterns? You may not even notice it’s a pattern. However, if you spend some time to think on it, you’ll see a pattern. We all have them.

Maybe it’s a tired argument with your partner/spouse. Perhaps it’s a certain frustrating dynamic between you and someone else. How about this one? You want to get something done but you decide to take a peek at social media… and 2 hours later… nothing is done.

Our society has sold us a lot of expectations around Valentine’s Day, but is that such a bad thing? After all, the holiday is about love, relationships, and connection. But what if we took the Valentine’s Day hype and reshaped it into an event that could really deepen our relationships all year long… not just on February 14th. What if we took the day as an opportunity to reflect on ourselves and our marriages to see what’s working and what’s not? Then, instead of centering the holiday on cards, flowers, candy, and expensive gifts, it could be an important day that could have a positive long-term effect on our intimate relationships.